SandyF
Established Member
My Musical Fidelity X-ray 3 has died.
The Musical Fidelity X-80 Amp is still functioning - and hopefully won't need replaced for another year or two, and the pair of Dynaudio Audience 40 speakers are fine.
Budgetwise I've got no more than £750 to spend.
I like listening to all kinds of music - including classical and jazz - and in my experience both classical & jazz in particular needs a player capable of picking out detail.
I have a large CD collection - so getting the most out of CDs is the main concern. I do have some pop and rock downloads that I can burn onto CD - or I might be able to solve that issue with an amp later
The 4 players I'm looking at are the Rega Apollo, Musical Fidelity's M2SCD, Marantz's 6007 and Arcam's CDS50.
From the reviews I've read, the Musical Fidelity and the Acram are a "step up" from the Marantz. The Arcam has more features that the Musical Fidelity and as such looks like the better buy on paper, costs £50 more. But do the extra features distract from the CD playing?
Then the Rega Apollo is a rank outsider for me, but a lot of enthusiasts seem to think it is the best CD player in the sub £1000 category.
If there's not much difference between the 4 - then the Marantz might be a better choice, as it will save me £300 which can go towards a new amp next year.
The replacement Amp will have to be in the sub £1,000 category too - so I'm looking at the Acram SA10 or the Musical Fidelity M2 series as well.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Thank you in advance.
The Musical Fidelity X-80 Amp is still functioning - and hopefully won't need replaced for another year or two, and the pair of Dynaudio Audience 40 speakers are fine.
Budgetwise I've got no more than £750 to spend.
I like listening to all kinds of music - including classical and jazz - and in my experience both classical & jazz in particular needs a player capable of picking out detail.
I have a large CD collection - so getting the most out of CDs is the main concern. I do have some pop and rock downloads that I can burn onto CD - or I might be able to solve that issue with an amp later
The 4 players I'm looking at are the Rega Apollo, Musical Fidelity's M2SCD, Marantz's 6007 and Arcam's CDS50.
From the reviews I've read, the Musical Fidelity and the Acram are a "step up" from the Marantz. The Arcam has more features that the Musical Fidelity and as such looks like the better buy on paper, costs £50 more. But do the extra features distract from the CD playing?
Then the Rega Apollo is a rank outsider for me, but a lot of enthusiasts seem to think it is the best CD player in the sub £1000 category.
If there's not much difference between the 4 - then the Marantz might be a better choice, as it will save me £300 which can go towards a new amp next year.
The replacement Amp will have to be in the sub £1,000 category too - so I'm looking at the Acram SA10 or the Musical Fidelity M2 series as well.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Thank you in advance.